Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae outer membrane lipoprotein a and uses thereof

Novel vaccines for use against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are disclosed. The vaccines contain at least one Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae outer membrane lipoprotein A, or an immunogenic fragment thereof. Also disclosed are DNA sequences encoding these proteins, vectors including these sequence...

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Hauptverfasser: GERALD F GERLACH, ANDREW A. POTTER, AMALIA ROSSI-CAMPOS, PHILIP J WILLSON
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Zusammenfassung:Novel vaccines for use against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are disclosed. The vaccines contain at least one Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae outer membrane lipoprotein A, or an immunogenic fragment thereof. Also disclosed are DNA sequences encoding these proteins, vectors including these sequences and host cells transformed with these vectors. The vaccines can be used to treat or prevent porcine respiratory infections.